John C. Kenyon

A Patriot of the American Revolution for RHODE ISLAND.

DAR Ancestor # A064951

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1111 John Kenyon, b 29 Sept. 1730; d 20 June 1823; m 1st., 8 June 1755, by Justice Daniel Barber, to Freelove Reynolds; 2nd., Lydia Eanos; 3rd., Welthan Ann Mumford.

Children: 1st. Wife

11110 Gardiner Kenyon, b 24 Sept. 1755; d-; m Marcy-.

1111a Mercy Kenyon, b 18 Nov. 1757; d-; m 2 Mar. 1780, Stephen Watson.

11111 John Kenyon, b 3 July 1760; d 17 May 1849; m 14 June 1787, Hannah Crandall.

Children: 2nd. Wife

11112 Zebulon Kenyon, b 25 Aug. 1764; d 30 Nov. 1810; m 12 Jan. 1792, Charity, dau Joseph Crandall.

1111b Freelove Kenyon, b 3 July 1766; d 1 May 1845.

11113 Freeman Kenyon, b 28 Jan. 1769; d 30 Sept. 1857; m 1st.,-; 2nd., 2 Dec. 1792, Lydia Withy, b-; d 15 Mar. 1847.

11114 Remington Kenyon, b 27 July 1771; d-.

11115 Lewis Kenyon, b 20 July 1774; d about 1850.

Children: 3rd. Wife

1111- Joel Kenyon, b-; d infancy.

1111- Haworth Kenyon, b-; d infancy.

11116 Amos Kenyon, b 18 July 1781; d-.

11117 Job Reynolds, b 24 June 1783; d 1821.

11118 Reynolds Kenyon, b 21 Aug. 1786; d-; m 8 Mar. 1810, Permerie Dye, of Ashford, Conn.

1111c Lydia Kenyon, b 18 Mar. 1789; d-; m Roland Burdick.

11119 Joseph Greene Kenyon, b 19 May 1792; d-.

One account of this family gives the names of the wives of John Kenyon(llll) as Freelove Allen, Lydia Eanos, and Wealthan Reynolds. As this account conflicts with the town clerk records and with that given by Mrs. Hannah (Kenyon) Lillibridge, granddaughter of John Kenyon(1111), the author is inclined to believe that the above account of the family is the most accurate available. Mrs. Lillibridge gave her account in person to Mrs. JLK. While an orphan he chose George Tibbets of North Kingstown as his guardian, 6 July 1747. On the gravestone of John Kenyon(1111) - the given names of two of his wives are interchanged. He lived and died in Exeter, Rhode Island. In the census of 1774, he was living in Exeter with his cousin, Giles Kenyon(113). They were both listed as joint heads of one family group. This was only instance of this kind noted in that census. There was no means of distinguishing which children belonged to either party. In the census of 1790, he was living in Exeter with family of 1 male over 16, five males under 16 and 2 females.